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Patented Oct. 29, 1 867.

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V have invented a new and description thereof, reference being v holdsthe tpngue D yithits catch down as the ears are shoved together. jTwocross-pieces;

cross-pieoes J J is an upright rod or i coupling.

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Cumberland county, and State of Pennsylvania, and I do hereby decl urethe following to he an exact had to the accompanying drawingsfnnd to theletters of reference marked thereon, making at part of thisspecification. i l

A The nature of my invention consists Be it known that I, JoHN Ii.SMITH, of Penn Township,

Ii nproved Car-Coupling the forward car, and aecidont's'are avoided.-with its coupling-tongue B held by a bolt, C, that has a, usual apertureE to receive the tongue '1). Above this G, that is-suspended on a hinge,H, and thiserosspiece G rests upon and J J, operating on acentre pivot,K, and wider than the track, aresuspenrled on pivots L Anothercross-piece, M,,is attached at each end of the upper pieces J J bypivot-bolts N N. 'At one side is aroti-,-1P,conn eete1l at the lower endof J, and to the one end of the f'nllin" strip G, to raise andlower thepieces'J J. I At the opposite end of the lever, R, to raise and lowerthe whole adjusting-frame: when coupling or i the aperture E, and theplatform of the forward car, notch or Icatch, D, in front. On therearcar is the aperture is a, felling cross-piece,

uncoupling the cars. As the car strip and frame J and'M being up withthe rod R, I

the lower end of frame J and M hangsdown to near thetrack. The cars arethen the lower piece M is raised by which raises the strip E and instnntly disconnects the our, rendering it a. complete safety- What I claimas my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, i s- Theconstruction and arrangement of the devices E, J, M, R',- a.iid P, -'asherein described and for the purposes set-forth. it r v i e JOHN L.SMITH.

Witnesses:

J. FRANKLIN REIGART, JoHN SJ HoLLINesHnAI).

in the arrangement and combination of the self-adjusting frame that issuspended from one end of the platform of a cmgiantl extendsjdown nearto the raxls,so that the'molnent The rod

